Both Uses of
stint
in
Babbitt
- He coaxed her with large booming sounds, with affable smiles, like a popular preacher blessing an Easter congregation, like a humorous lecturer completing his stint of eloquence, like all perpetrators of masculine wiles.†
Chpt 9 *
- By the time he had finished his stint of lying they were firmly bound again.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
-
(stint as in: a 6-month stint in China) an unbroken period of time during which someone does something